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In 1996 South Africa, a single act of honesty changes two lives forever.
When Sanele Ntuli, a humble factory worker from Howick, discovers a student’s address hidden inside a second-hand coat, he sets out to return it. What begins as a simple act of kindness leads him to Ncumisa Mbombo, a determined high school student in KwaMpumuza.
But love has consequences.
Ncumisa’s jealous boyfriend, a police officer named Sibusiso, will do anything to keep her under his control. One night, driven by rage and suspicion, he forces them into a forest at gunpoint.
Before the night is over, a fatal shot is fired.
To save Ncumisa’s future, Sanele makes an unimaginable sacrifice—he takes the blame for the killing and is sentenced to ten years in prison.
While Sanele wastes away behind bars, Ncumisa finds herself trapped in another prison of fear and blackmail. The truth about that night is known by only one man—the investigating officer, Inspector Zwane.
Bound by sacrifice, secrets, and a love that refuses to die, Sanele and Ncumisa must face the shadows of the past and the price of the choices that changed their lives forever.
Because sometimes the heart that loses everything…
is the one that finally finds its way home.
Kwakungeve kubanda ngalolusuku. USanele waphuma ekhaya ephuthuma ukuya emsebenzini engagqokile ijezi. Ngesikhathi esesendleleni, wabona ukuthi umoya wawubanda kakhulu; ungabekezeleleki. Ngenhlanhla, wathola umthengisi wesembatho emgwaqeni, wathenga ijazi elidala ukuze azifudumeze.
Ephaketheni lejazi, wathola iphepha elinekheli. Lapho eselihlolisisa, waqaphela ukuthi leli jazi kungenzeka ukuthi belintshontshwe elondolo lapho kuwashwa khona izimpahla, futhi leli kheli belingelomnikazi walo wangempela.
Ngokuhlushwa wunembeza, uSanele wanquma ukulibuyisela kumnikazi. Lapho efika, wathola ukuthi umnikazi wejazi kwakuyintokazi enhle kakhulu, enhle ngendlela angakaze ayibone ngaphambili. Wazizwa eyithanda kakhulu lentokazi, eqala nokuyibona. Nokho, le ntokazi kayikhombisi nhlobo ukuba nentshisekelo kuye.
Lokhu kudala izinkinga eziningi phakathi kwalaba bobabili njengoba kukhona nokungqubuzana kwemibono phakathi kwabo.
Kuningi kakhulu okuzokushiya ubambe ongezansi kuleNoveli ebhalwe nguMlondi Nhlangulela. Kukhona okukhulu ukuvuthwa nokuhleleka kolimi kulencwadi, nokwenza kungavumi uyibeke phansi uma usuyiqalile. Lapha uMlondi ubheka ubunjalo bempilo, okufaka phakathi ukungqubuzana kwemibono, yingxabano, uthando, amagqubu, ubumpofu, uqhekeko nokunye okuningi.
Mlondi Nhlangulela.